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Papers of George, 10th Earl of Selkirk and his wife Audrey, Countess of Selkirk. Correspondence to Earl of Selkirk from family and friends, including R A Butler, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and Hew Lorimer, 1910-94; papers as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1957-88; papers relating to Singapore, 1959-87; speeches, 1948-69; diaries and personal papers, 1914-94; miscellaneous family papers, 1634-1911. Correspondence to Countess of Selkirk from friends and family, 1923-93. Family photographs, c.1880-1992.
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George, 10th Earl of Selkirk, born 1906, second son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Duchess Nina, married 1949 Audrey Durrell Drummond-Sale-Barker. Educated at Eton, Oxford and Edinburgh Universities, Universities of Bonn, Vienna and Paris. Faculty of Advocates 1935. Commanded 603 Squadron AAF 1934-8, RAF 1939-45 (OBE, despatches twice). Paymaster General 1953-5, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1955-7. First Lord of the Admiralty 1957-9, UK Commissioner for Singapore and Commissioner General for S.E.Asia 1959-63, UK Council Representative to SEATO 1960-3, etc.
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